Improvement in mustache-guards



I. M. THATOHER 8v J. DECKER. Moustache-Guard..

No. 214,063., Patented April 8,1879.

ATTORN EYS UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ISAAC M. THATGHER AND JAMES DECKER, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

IMPROVEM ENT IN MUSTACHE-GUARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 214,063, dated April 8,1879; application filed July 27,1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, ISAAC M. THATOHER and JAMES DECKER, of Cleveland,iii the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Mustache-Guards; and we do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains tomake and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, whichform part of this specification.

Our invention relates to an improvement in mustache-guards; and consistsin forming a guard that may be readily applied to any tumbler, cup,850., said guard being formed of metal or other suitable substance intwo parts, made adjustable the one upon the other, so as to suit anysize of tumbler or cup, and to conform with its curvature. each piecebeing provided with projecting flanges or lips, by which the device issecured to the rim of a cup or tumbler, as will be hereinafter morefully set forth and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view, and Fig. 2 a perspective view,of a' mustacheguard embodying the features of our invention.

A is a tumbler or cup. B B are the two pieces which constitute ourmustache-guard. B are lips or projecting flanges whereby the guard maybe secured to a cup or tumbler. The pieces B B are secured together by apin, screw, or rivet, O, which is secured in one of the plates andpasses through a slot, 0', in the other plate, so as to admit of the twoplates being adjusted one upon the other, so as to conform to the sizeof any tumbler or cup that may be used.

Now, it is apparent that, if this adjustmen is simply longitudinal theone upon the other, the curvature of the tumbler or cup would cause theguard to bind if the parts were adjusted either too near together or toofar apart.

For this reason the plates B B have a circumferential adjustment aboutthe pin 0 as a center. By this double adjustment the flange or lip B maybe made to fit, Without binding, a cup or tumbler of any size orcurvature.

We are aware that it has been proposed heretofore to makemustache-guards of a central piece with side adjustable pieces, whichside pieces, however, have an adjustment only in one direction-i. 0.,toward or from each other.

In the device shown in the drawings the lips B are formed from a plateof which the mustache-guard itself is formed, being struck from the saidplate and turned down to a suitable angle. This, however, is notnecessary, for a suitable lip or flange might be soldered or riveted tothe mustache-guard; orit might, in any other suitable way, be secured tothe rim or edge of the cup, the said fastening not being an essentialpart of our invention.

What we claim is- 1. Amustache-guard composed of two parts, one partprovided with an elongated slot, and the other connected therewith bymeans of a pin, rivet, or screw extending through said slot, whereby theguard may be increased or decreased in length, and also adjusted oncurves of different radii, substantially as set forth.

2. A mustache guard consisting of the parts B B, each provided withflanges or lips B said parts being adjustably secured together by a pin,rivet, or screw, C, extending through an elongated slot, 0,substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to thls specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ISAAC M. THATOHER. JAMES DECKER. Witnesses:

F. ToUMEY, W. E. DONNELLY.

